New Delhi. India started with a defeat in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 but now things are turning around. The Indian side looks strong on every scale. Indian women’s team has reached a better position in the points table after a shameful defeat against New Zealand, a satisfactory win against Pakistan and now a bumper comeback against Sri Lanka. With this victory, the Indian team has moved from fourth to second place in the points table. Besides, the team has also made tremendous improvement in the net run rate. In this Group A match played in Dubai on Wednesday, October 9, Team India proved to be the best on every front, the most important of which was fielding. India’s first goal against Sri Lanka was to register a win and it was very important to win by a big margin. Team India achieved success on both the fronts. The most special thing about this match was that the top order of Team India performed well. In 20 overs the team added 172 runs losing only 3 wickets. Then, the Indian bowlers bowled out the entire Sri Lankan team for just 90 runs.
In this match, the attitude of the Indian fielders was also seen to have changed, or we can say that the players of Team India had the desire to become champions in the true sense. With its second win in its third match of the tournament, the Indian team has strengthened its hopes of reaching the semi-finals. In its last group match, Team India will now face defending champion Australia, who is currently at the first position in the points table. India has now left behind Pakistan and New Zealand in terms of net run rate in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. India’s net run rate is now +0.576 while Pakistan and New Zealand’s net run rate is +0.555 and -0.050 respectively. Australia is on top in this group with two wins in two matches (+2.524). There are two groups in the ongoing tournament between 10 teams, which have five teams each. The top-2 teams of each group will reach the semi-finals. Talking about Group-B, South Africa is at first place with 2 wins in three matches and England is at second place with two wins in two matches.